Patents by Inventor Eun Sue Kim
Eun Sue Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11305679Abstract: An armrest apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lower arm located on a side surface of a seat and configured to rotate with respect to the seat by power of a lower arm motor; and an upper arm extending along a lengthwise direction of the lower arm and configured to rotate with respect to the lower arm by power of an upper arm motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hong Heui Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Eun Sue Kim, Seung Sik Han, Tae Hyung Kim, Sun Ho Hur, Sang Yong Koo, Dong Kyu Lee
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Patent number: 11299081Abstract: A multifunction footrest apparatus for a vehicle is provided in a space in which a passenger seat is positioned so as to be movable in a front-rear direction. The multifunction footrest apparatus may be inserted into and housed in a lower space under a dashboard including a glove box, and it may perform a massage and an acupressure for calves and soles of a back seat passenger by using a lower door including a first massage device and an upper door including a second massage device and an acupressure plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Inventors: Hong Heui Lee, Dae Ig Jung, Eun Sue Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Byoung Wan Bae, Seong Bin Jeong, Sin Jeong Kang, Duk Kyu Byun
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Patent number: 11225182Abstract: A console apparatus with a variable table provided in a vehicle can include: a housing having an inner space with an open upper portion; a support configured to be vertically movable in the inner space of the housing; a table part rotatably connected to an upper end of the support; and a lifting part disposed in the housing and configured to fix a position of the support or adjust a speed of the support when the support is moved up or down.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Ecoplastic CorporationInventors: Young Ju Lee, Eun Sue Kim, Dong Jin Park
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Patent number: 11142095Abstract: A control system for a seat of a vehicle, the control system includes: a seat actuator disposed at each of seats in the vehicle to implement motions of the seats including folding, reclining, sliding, or rotating of the seats; a motion calculator calculating types and degrees of motions of the seats based on information about a passenger and an object received from a user; and a driving controller enabling all of the passenger and the object input by the user to be loaded by controlling the seat actuators in accordance with a calculation result of the motion calculator.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Eun Sue Kim, Dae Ig Jung, Seung Hyeok Chang, Hong Heui Lee
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Publication number: 20210309247Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically arranging seats of an autonomous vehicle enable seats to be remotely changed between a standard arrangement mode and a final target arrangement mode. The apparatus includes a manipulation device configured to generate a signal corresponding to a target arrangement mode of seats through manipulation by a passenger, seat motors respectively provided in the seats so as to control positions and postures of the seats, seat controllers for controlling operation of the seat motors, and a vehicle controller configured to transmit a signal from the manipulation device to the seat controllers, transmit an abnormal signal indicating jamming of the seats to the manipulation device or control the seat controllers provided in the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to easily change the seats to a desired arrangement mode in an autonomous vehicle without interference with peripheral components during movement of the seats.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Eun Sue Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Dae Ig Jung, Hong Heui Lee, Han Dong Yuk, Sang Chul Jung, Dong Kyu Lee, Han Jin Kim, Sun Ho Hur
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Publication number: 20210261029Abstract: An armrest apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lower arm located on a side surface of a seat and configured to rotate with respect to the seat by power of a lower arm motor; and an upper arm extending along a lengthwise direction of the lower arm and configured to rotate with respect to the lower arm by power of an upper arm motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Hong Heui LEE, Myung Hoe KIM, Eun Sue KIM, Seung Sik HAN, Tae Hyung KIM, Sun Ho HUR, Sang Yong KOO, Dong Kyu LEE
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Publication number: 20210237621Abstract: A seat control system facilitating a vehicle may include a plurality of seats that are electrically controlled indoors to avoid interference between the seats or collision between occupants when changing a position of each seat and to adjust a moving speed and a sensitivity of a position-change seat according to the ambient circumstances of the seat so that the collision between occupants or between objects is efficiently prevented, ensuring stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Dae Won San Up Co., Ltd, Itopsautomotive Co., LtdInventors: Eun Sue KIM, Seung Hyeok CHANG, Dae Ig JUNG, Hong Heui LEE, Han Dong YUK, Sang Chul JUNG, Sun Ho HUR, Dong Kyu LEE, Han Jin KIM
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Patent number: 10960792Abstract: An auxiliary seat storage apparatus of a seat is disclosed. An auxiliary seat slides in a lower portion of a main seat in a state of being folded to be accommodated in the lower portion of the main seat such that convenience of a user and storability can be improved. Further, when the auxiliary seat is accommodated in the lower portion of the main seat, the auxiliary seat is moved forward so that a foot insertion space is secured to a rear side of the auxiliary seat in a state in which the auxiliary seat is accommodated in the lower portion of the main seat such that ease of access of a passenger sitting on a rear seat can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DAE WON SAN UP CO., LTDInventors: Eun Sue Kim, Hong Heui Lee, Seung Hyeok Chang, Sun Ho Hur, Sang Yong Koo, Dong Hwi Kim
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Publication number: 20200406795Abstract: An auxiliary seat storage apparatus of a seat is disclosed. An auxiliary seat slides in a lower portion of a main seat in a state of being folded to be accommodated in the lower portion of the main seat such that convenience of a user and storability can be improved. Further, when the auxiliary seat is accommodated in the lower portion of the main seat, the auxiliary seat is moved forward so that a foot insertion space is secured to a rear side of the auxiliary seat in a state in which the auxiliary seat is accommodated in the lower portion of the main seat such that ease of access of a passenger sitting on a rear seat can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Eun Sue Kim, Hong Heui Lee, Seung Hyeok Chang, Sun Ho Hur, Sang Yong Koo, Dong Hwi Kim
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Publication number: 20200282866Abstract: A control system for a seat of a vehicle, the control system includes: a seat actuator disposed at each of seats in the vehicle to implement motions of the seats including folding, reclining, sliding, or rotating of the seats; a motion calculator calculating types and degrees of motions of the seats based on information about a passenger and an object received from a user; and a driving controller enabling all of the passenger and the object input by the user to be loaded by controlling the seat actuators in accordance with a calculation result of the motion calculator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Eun Sue Kim, Dae Ig Jung, Seung Hyeok Chang, Hong Heui Lee
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Patent number: 10661717Abstract: A console device for a vehicle is provided. A console box is provided to be movable to a desired position in the forward-and-backward direction of the vehicle. The console box is inserted into the space under a crash pad when the console box moves in the forward direction of the vehicle. Therefore, utilization of the interior space of the vehicle is maximized, and the console device is therefore suitable for installation in an autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Ecoplastic CorporationInventors: Young Ju Lee, Eun Sue Kim, Dong Jin Park
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Publication number: 20200156525Abstract: A multifunction footrest apparatus for a vehicle is provided in a space in which a passenger seat is positioned so as to be movable in a front-rear direction. The multifunction footrest apparatus may be inserted into and housed in a lower space under a dashboard including a glove box, and it may perform a massage and an acupressure for calves and soles of a back seat passenger by using a lower door including a first massage device and an upper door including a second massage device and an acupressure plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Hong Heui LEE, Dae Ig JUNG, Eun Sue KIM, Seung Hyeok CHANG, Byoung Wan BAE, Seong Bin JEONG, Sin Jeong KANG, Duk Kyu BYUN
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Patent number: 10604052Abstract: A sliding-type footrest device for a vehicle includes: a guide rail mounted on a floor panel and extending in a forward-and-backward direction; a footrest housing engaged with the guide rail to slide along the guide rail in the forward-and-backward direction, the footrest housing having a door configured to be opened or closed; and a footrest box disposed inside the footrest housing and allowing a backseat passenger to place feet into the footrest while the door is open.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Dymos IncorporatedInventors: Eun Sue Kim, Dae Ig Jung, Jai Hak Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Byoung Wan Bae, Seong Bin Jeong, Sin Jeong Kang, Duk Kyu Byun
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Patent number: 10507744Abstract: A relaxing seat for a vehicle may include a fixed rail fixed to a vehicle body; a first moving rail coupled to the fixed rail; a second moving rail coupled to the first moving rail; a back link rotatably coupled to the fixed rail and a seat back frame; a cushion rear-side link including first and second end portions, wherein the first end portion is rotatably coupled to a portion at which a lower end portion of the seat back frame and a rear end portion of a seat cushion frame are rotatably coupled to each other, and the second end portion is rotatably coupled to the first moving rail; and a cushion front-side frame including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is rotatably coupled to a front end portion of the seat cushion frame, and the second end portion of which is fixedly coupled to the second moving rail.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DAE WON SAN UP CO., LTDInventors: Eun Sue Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Dae Ig Jung, Sun Ho Hur, Young Cheol Jang, Sang Yong Koo, Byoung Su You, Tae Hyung Kim, Jong Ho Lim, Dong Hwi Kim
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Publication number: 20190315259Abstract: A console apparatus with a variable table provided in a vehicle can include: a housing having an inner space with an open upper portion; a support configured to be vertically movable in the inner space of the housing; a table part rotatably connected to an upper end of the support; and a lifting part disposed in the housing and configured to fix a position of the support or adjust a speed of the support when the support is moved up or down.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Eun Sue Kim, Dong Jin Park
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Publication number: 20190315281Abstract: A console device for a vehicle is provided. A console box is provided to be movable to a desired position in the forward-and-backward direction of the vehicle. The console box is inserted into the space under a crash pad when the console box moves in the forward direction of the vehicle. Therefore, utilization of the interior space of the vehicle is maximized, and the console device is therefore suitable for installation in an autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Eun Sue Kim, Dong Jin Park
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Patent number: 10377270Abstract: A seat position adjustment apparatus for a vehicle may include fixed rails fixed on a bottom plane; first sliding rails configured to slide in forward and backward directions on the fixed rails respectively, and provided with cushion links rotatably coupled to the cushion frame; second sliding rails configured to move with the first sliding rails and slide on and protrude from the first sliding rails, and formed to support the cushion frame with the cushion links; a driving device mounted to the first sliding rails or the second sliding rails and configured to transmit power to the first sliding rails and the second sliding rails; and a seat back link rotatably mounted on the bottom plane or the fixed rails and rotatably coupled to and supporting a seat back frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Dae Won San Up Co., Ltd.Inventors: Il Hong Park, Eun Sue Kim, Dae Ig Jung, Keun Sig Lim, Byoung Su You, Jong Ho Lim, Sang Yong Koo, Sun Ho Hur, Dong Hwi Kim, Young Cheol Jang, Tae Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 10377283Abstract: A method of manufacturing a slim foam pad for vehicle seats, may include injecting a first foam solution into a first mold to manufacture an upper pad; inserting the manufactured upper pad into a second mold; and injecting a second foam solution to a first surface of the upper pad inserted into the second mold to manufacture a lower pad integrally coupled to the upper pad, wherein the second foam solution is foamed in a state of being in direct contact with the first surface of the upper pad, wherein no additional border separation member is provided at a border between the upper pad and the lower pad.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Eun Sue Kim, Nam Kue Park, Gi Cheol Woo, Hyun Jong Lee, Dae Ig Jung, Il Hong Park, Sang Heon Lee
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Publication number: 20190232847Abstract: A sliding-type footrest device for a vehicle includes: a guide rail mounted on a floor panel and extending in a forward-and-backward direction; a footrest housing engaged with the guide rail to slide along the guide rail in the forward-and-backward direction, the footrest housing having a door configured to be opened or closed; and a footrest box disposed inside the footrest housing and allowing a backseat passenger to place feet into the footrest while the door is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Eun Sue KIM, Dae Ig JUNG, Jai Hak KIM, Seung Hyeok CHANG, Byoung Wan BAE, Seong Bin JEONG, Sin Jeong KANG, Duk Kyu BYUN
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Publication number: 20190168644Abstract: A relaxing seat for a vehicle may include a fixed rail fixed to a vehicle body; a first moving rail coupled to the fixed rail; a second moving rail coupled to the first moving rail; a back link rotatably coupled to the fixed rail and a seat back frame; a cushion rear-side link including first and second end portions, wherein the first end portion is rotatably coupled to a portion at which a lower end portion of the seat back frame and a rear end portion of a seat cushion frame are rotatably coupled to each other, and the second end portion is rotatably coupled to the first moving rail; and a cushion front-side frame including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is rotatably coupled to a front end portion of the seat cushion frame, and the second end portion of which is fixedly coupled to the second moving rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DAE WON SAN UP CO., LTDInventors: Eun Sue Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Dae lg Jung, Sun Ho Hur, Young Cheol Jang, Sang Yong Koo, Byoung Su You, Tae Hyung Kim, Jong Ho Lim, Dong Hwi Kim